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The Great Bible 1539
| 7:1 | And so the men of Kariathiarim came, and fet vp the arck of the Lord: and brought it into the house of Aminadab in Gibea, & sanctifyed Eleazar his sonne, to kepe the arck of the Lorde: |
| 7:2 | and whyle the arcke abode in Kariathiarim, the dayes multiyplied, and ther passed ouer .xx. yeres, and the house of Israel lamented after the Lorde. |
| 7:3 | And Samuel spake vnto all the house of Israel, saying: yf ye be come agayne vnto the Lorde with all your hertes, then put awaye the straunge goddes and Astharoth from amonge you: and prepare your hertes vnto the Lorde, and serue hym only: for he shall ryd you out of the hande of the Philistines. |
| 7:4 | Then the chyldren of Israel dyd put awaye Baalim and Astaroth, and serued the Lorde onely. |
| 7:5 | And Samuel sayde: gather all Israel to Mizpa, and I wyll praye for you vnto the Lorde. |
| 7:6 | And they gathred together to Mizpa, and drewe water: and powred it out before the Lorde, & fasted the same daye and sayde there: we haue synned against the Lorde. And Samuel iudged the chyldren of Israel in Mizpa. |
| 7:7 | When the Philistines heard that the chyldren of Israel were gathered together to Mizpa, the lordes of the Philistines went vp against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard that they were afrayed of the Philistines, |
| 7:8 | & the children of Israel saide to Samuel: ceasse not to crye vnto the Lorde oure God for vs, that he maye saue vs out of the hand of the Philistines. |
| 7:9 | And Samuel toke a suckyng lambe, and offered it all together for a burntoffrynge vnto the Lorde: & cryed vnto the Lorde for Israel, & the Lord heard him. |
| 7:10 | And as Samuel offred the burntoffring, the Philistines came to fyght agenst Israel. But the Lorde thondered a great thonder that same daye amonge the Philistines, and scatered them, that they fell before Israel. |
| 7:11 | And the men of Israel went out of Mizpa, and pursued the Philistines, & folowed vpon them, vntyll the place that is vnder Bethcar. |
| 7:12 | And then Samuel toke a stone, and pitched it betwene Mizpa and the mark of the rock, and called the name therof, the stone of helpe, saying: Hitherto hath the Lord helped vs. |
| 7:13 | And so the Philistines were brought vnder, & they came nomore into the coastes of Israel: & the hand of the Lord was agaynst the Philistines all the dayes of Samuel. |
| 7:14 | Therto, the cities which the the Philistines had taken from Israel, were restored agayne to Israel, euen from Acaron to Gath, wt the coastes of the same, & Israel plucked them out of the handes of the Philistines. And there was peace betwene Israel & the Amorites. |
| 7:15 | Samuel iudged Israel all the dayes of his lyfe, |
| 7:16 | and went about yere by yere to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpa, & iudged Israel in all those places, |
| 7:17 | & came agayne to Rama: for there was his house, & ther he iudged Israel also, & there he buylt an aulter vnto the Lorde. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."